IdN (International designers' Network) is an international publication for creative people on a mission to amplify and unify the design community. It is devoted to bringing designers from around the globe together to communicate with, learn from and inspire one another. It has truly become what the initials of its title proclaim it to be — an international designers' network.

"It's Love at First Sight!" so IdN about the eye-catching world of packing design. At the very moment they are presenting their biggest-ever feature story with more than 50 of their favourite packaging designs by 42 creatives who specialise in packaging design – "toughest of genres" according to IdN. Plus their thoughts on how to excel at it. "This is one you’ll want to save." we quote IdN - and we at GoSee think they are right. idnworld.com/mags/?id=v21 …

In art, as in sex, size doesn’t matter. From what we have heard ..... There are huge works of minimalism as well as mini-masterpieces of maximalism. Instead of containing the least number of elements, maximalism encompasses the most in a single work. If you are tired of being told that less is more and small is beautiful, try to letting it all hang out and rip up the rules! And IdN is there to help : idnworld.com//?id=v21n5 or idnproshop.com//?id=v21n5 …

Our Crisis Is A Crisis of Aesthetics. Finally, Aesthetico: the much-awaited last issue of the Blueprint for a New World series … a call for an aesthetic awakening, a re-wilding of the capitalist imagination — an adjustment to the mood, the tone, the style and thrust of our lives that has to happen if we’re going to have any kind of a future on this planet. idnworld.com//?id=adbusters117 or Go & See : idnproshop.com//?id=adbusters117 …

In the penultimate issue of our Blueprint for a New World series, IdN takes on the global smörgåsbord of red-alert headlines as the floorboards of the capitalist project give their last protesting creaks.
IdN zu GoSee : "By unmasking the automaton-equation nibbling at the heart of our society, we look back and reach out beyond the mainstream to find voices of dissent past, present and impending… and remind ourselves that the seeds are already sown and the forecast calls …

Integrating patterns into a brand's language is never an easy task. It can often add something aesthetically memorable. Playing devil's advocate on the other hand, it can also clutter and confuse. Discover how these creatives take on the challenge and level up various identities to new peaks. Sneak preview on GoSee. idnworld.com/mags/?id=v21n4

Editorial illustration is more than just an added extra to give a page of dense type eye-appeal — it can actually add significantly to the interpretation of a story, especially if it features a face. We asked 10 specialists to share their trade secrets with us. Here the sneak preview for you on GoSee, more under : idnworld.com/mags/?id=v21n3

Ornamental Design is sometimes regarded as being merely a decorative element, usually involving lots of patterns and the intricate interweaving of flowers. It is however, a fundamental mistake to compartmentalise art into two camps – the functional and the decorative. There is no reason why the two should not fuse into one impactful entity.
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What distinguishes a conceptual masterpiece from a bit of urban debris? A renowned painter from a commercial designer? Is copying allowed in art, and if so, says who? From a 12 million dollar shark carcass to England's most prolific forger family, from North Korea’s #1 atelier to the fig leaf that hides David’s package. COLORS 87: Looking at Art explores how we teach, buy, sell, and steal art today. *Plus the Switzerland's ultra-secret art vaults and the crime behind the Mona Lisa. Out now ! …

IdN on its latest issue, IdN v20n4: Paper Special: 'the end of paper? That’s what people have been predicting ever since the Internet became a mass medium and screens in some shape or form replaced pieces of A4 or physical notebooks. But like the paper-less office that we were all meant to be working in by now, this dire prophecy has not come to pass.'
GoSee presents a small excerpt from the issue. Buy your copy now on idnworld.com/mags.
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Recorded music has always been packaged, from the very earliest days when wax cylinders came in cardboard tubes, and has therefore always involved designers. In the palmy days of vinyl LPs with sometimes stunning cover art and often erudite liner notes, the presentation was almost as important as the product.
But with the industry morphing so rapidly into the field of digital-download delivery, where do the graphics come in now? This is a burning question for all those working in the area of …